What would you do with an extra day off, not just on long weekends, but every week?
More time on the slopes? Running errands around town? A snooze in the backyard hammock?
It's an appealing thought experiment for a large swath of North Shore residents, according to a new poll, which finds a majority would support switching to a four-day work week.
Last month, the City of Merritt launched a four-day work week pilot program in the hope of attracting, recruiting and retaining municipal workers.
North Shore News polled 1,763 online readers and asked the question: Should we switch to a four-day work week?
The poll ran on our website from Sept. 27 to Oct. 11. Of the 1,763 votes, we can determine that 630 are from within the North Shore community. The full results are as follows:
Results are based on an online study of adult North Shore News readers who are located in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. The margin of error – which measures sample variability – is +/- 2.32%, 19 times out of 20.
North Shore News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
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